| Klemens Golf
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Klemens Golf
1956 born in Dusseldorf
1978-1984 studies at Kunstakademie Dusseldorf
1982-1984 lives in Hamburg und New York
Videoprojects, Performances, Installations
1984-1986 funded projects art in public space (DAAD, NRW
GradFord)
book: "collection of material concerning male fantasies..."
1985-2000 family life, raises 3 children
1987-2001 professional image manipulation mainly for advertising
industry
1988 computer manipulated videos of news broadcasting material
1989 videosculptures
1990 "Dresden", photo project discovering the german
east
1992 "My grave in Bohlerweg", installationen in
public space in Dusseldorf
1991-1993 resides in Berlin, research of recent german history
(reunification),
1993 "Krufter Ofen", installationen in public space,
(a father kills his daughter - a case of family honour)
1995 monographic show as part of video installation show,
Videofest in Berlin, Podewil
1994-1996 resides in Frankfurt am Main
1994 "Cross", video installationen in public space,
staircase office building
1996 "Frauenbuch", Internet-research, book project
about male images of women's body
1996-2000 "Shop" - series of shows, Dusseldorf,
collaboration with Anna Klinkhammer
1976-2004 "Buchschreiben", continuous writing of
books, 35 books, ca. 10000 pages, format Din a 4
2000-2001 resides in Praha, Check Republic, research male
fantasies, videorecording
2001 "Herkunft", video installationen in public
space, shopwindow of bank branch in Frankfurt am Main.
First public reading of "Frauenbuch" in Belgrad, Serbia
2001-2004 "Looking for a husband with EU passport",
Belgrad/Dusseldorf, collaboration with Tanja Ostojic (Performance)
"Relations", performance with Tanja Ostojic at the Cetinje
Biennale, Montenegro
"the phantom of the white woman and other attempts to record",
performance in rhine parking garage, Dusseldorf
2003 resides in Dusseldorf
"...and it, the child I have been.", performance in rhine
parking garage
participant "winter weeks Worringer Platz" with videoinstallation
"Herkunft" in a parked car,
"reading lists", nightwatch in glashouse at Worringer
Platz (performance), reading lists of deported and killed people
Worringer Platz - research local history
"Worringer Platz Fuhrung", project with Anne Mommertz
(guided tour)
2004 "Bilder von Zuhause", permanent videoprojection
on an ordinary building in collaboration with artists around the
world, part of the project "LESESAAL" by Anne Mommertz
at Worringer Square, Dusseldorf: taking over public space
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